Hi.

I am a Windows user, and I have decieded to give Linux a try.
I downloaded Mandrake 10.0 off of Linuxiso.org and installed it today. I followed all the steps, and kept most of the defualt options. Then I go to the part where the computer reboots and the bootloader pops up loads the linux kernel then I get this messege in a command prompt:

Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586
Kernel 2.6.3-7mdk on an i686 / tty1
localhost login: _


And so i type in my username, then the password. It then takes me to the command line ([user@localhost user] $). I am not familure with linux commands yet. So how do i start KDE?

Welcome to LQ

You need to first of all log in as the user you created. Then type in startx. Of course, this assumes you set up the gui on X configuration during the install.